When a house wall is breached at a corner and the roof is also breached leaving only a diagonal strip, does pi tikra still apply to permit use of the house?
Synopsis
When both the wall and the roof are breached at a corner, leaving only a diagonal remnant of the roof, the combination of corner breach and uneven roof eliminates any basis for permitting the space.
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